Licence/Licence Compatibility: Difference between revisions

Licensing is in general a difficult subject and for data even more so than for creative works. Our goal must be that consumers of OSM data can use our data with a high level of confidence that they can actually use the data on the terms of our distribution licence, the ODbL 1.0. To enable this, licences for data sources utilized for adding objects to OpenStreetMap or improving existing data need to be carefully vetted for compatibility.

 

 

Please realize that determining if the licence is compatible is only a small part of the work that has to be done before a source can be used for OSM, particularly when you intend to directly import third party data you will need to follow the [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines Import Guidelines].

 

=== Licences that are not compatible ===